ANALYTICAL AND HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY IN BIOMEDICINE

The Service has an instrumental supply that includes scanning and transmission electron microscopy, conventional fluorescence and optical microscopy, confocal microscopy and flow cytometry, together with the necessary instruments for the preparation of samples and for the processing and analysis of the images obtained. .

The following document details all the equipment available in the Service.

• The following table shows the technical characteristics of confocal, fluorescence, and optical microscopes.

Protocols, teaching material and links of interest

Sample preparation protocols: these protocols are an initial guide for the preparation of samples of each of the techniques offered in the Service. Contact the Service staff for any questions in the preparation of specific techniques.

• Standard protocols (pdf, 124.32 Kb)

Software and tutorials

• FIJI: Program to view and process microscopy images
• SGIker online course on digital imaging in microscopy - Course 20207: Course on the management of the ImageJ / FIJI computer application. This free course was taught during the period of confinement caused by the COVID-19 health emergency. It is an adaptation to the online format of the annual course that is part of the SGIker training offer.

Links of interest

• Molecular Expressions Microscopy Primer: Introduction to Microscopy
• Olympus Microscopy Resource Center
• Nikon MicroscopyU
• Zeiss Campus
• Espectros de fluorescencia: Molecular Probes spectra viewer
• Espectros de fluorescencia: FP BASE
• iBiology.org
• REMOA: Red Española de Microscopía óptica Avanzada
• NEUBIAS Academy